I drive through many rural areas and am constantly losing the signal. Are there cell phones that are more sensitive in receiving signals in these remote areas?

kumar raja

October 19, 2012 at 7:14 am

Use this sites
gsmarena.com
Phonearena.com
infibeam.com

Di

October 3, 2012 at 8:35 pm

I know the networks do make some difference. However, my boyfriend and I are on the same popular network that claims to be the best of course. He has a LG Vortex with Android OS and I have a Samsung Alias 2. We both live close to rural areas but amazingly my cell actually picks up better than his does so it doesnt always depend on the carrier. We can be side by side in the car driving and mine will have a signal and his will not. I actually love my lil Samsung and hope to get the Samsung Galaxy III soon and pray it picks up as good as this one does. Its been a great cell bt our carrier has changed thier plans (Verizon) so we either have to keep the cells we have or if we do change the prices go way up and theres no unlimited data or friends and fam anymore so prob will be switching companies. Thks Verizon for forcing us to leave u

Bonnie

October 18, 2012 at 5:22 pm

We have sprint, which also pings off Verizon towers, however, they also have raised their rates for smart phones by $10 for family plan (1500 min. money) so will cost us $180 month but unlimited data. do I need a smart phone the way I need one, no. that is a question people need to ask themselves, can I get by if not in business for oneself. We will be dumbing down to a reg. text and talk phone when the contract is up.

blue5ft3

February 20, 2012 at 9:28 am

Well we're using the Iphone4s in our home now and dumped all of the cordless phones, and just put in a regular dial phone, our reception is SO bad that the best cordless phones don't work in the house, but the Iphone does, don't ask me why. We might try little tin hats maybe with cordless phones in the house?

doesn't make sense that cordless phones have bad reception as that has nothing to do with cell towers. could be the size of your home, or a conflict between your cordless phones and a wireless router for example. i have found panasonic to be hands down the best home cordless phones.

Mike

February 20, 2012 at 8:02 am

I agree with the previous answers.
Your best bet for a "safe" connection is Nokia.

I myself have a Lumia 800 and it beats any other phone I got my hands on at the same location.

Susendeep Dutta

February 20, 2012 at 5:10 am

Installing a cellular repeater is a good idea to boost cellphone signal.It requires your cellphone to have atleast two network bars -

Nokia is also going to launch much cheaper(less featured) Windows phone in recent Mobile World Congress.So wait and see what you can choose.

The network connection also depends upon the company who has setup the cellular towers and which phone uses their chipsets.For example-if a rural areas has all its cellular towers setup by ST-Erricson then the phone which have ST-Erricson chipset will catch the signal the most in all cases.In future,Nokia will use ST-Erricson chipsets in their future Windows phone.